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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Response to David Armstrong' and 'Events and Semantic Architecture'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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Space, time, and some other basics, are not causal powers [Ellis]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

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No language is semantically referential; it all occurs at the level of thought or utterance [Pietroski, by Hofweber]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]